whats your earliest memory

[evedawn]

following from a thread about what we miss from childhood got me thinking...whats the earliest thing you can remember (good or bad) and what age were you?

I remember being lifted onto my dads shoulders in a safari game park - my parents say my approx age at thetime was about 18months old!

[chrisrob]

I was in hospital for 3 weeks when I had my tonsils out as my blood count dropped and I had 3 very painful iron injections in the bum a day. And my parents could only visit one hour a day. And I had ether as the anaesthetic. It comes to mind if ever I smell it nowadays.

[mrs_overall]

Lottie & ummm - I was in hospital for 3 days when I was 7, having my tonsils out. Visitors were not allowed and once kids were admitted they had to get straight into bed and stay there! I can remember one of the nurses telling me off for talking too loudly to the girl in the next bed.
It was a grim experience!

[LoftyLottie2]

Oh that happened to me Schutz too!! It was snowing and we had outside toilets and Mum had said I should stay in at playtime if it was snowing. Nothing was said about the puddle under my desk and I sat in wet navy blue knickers for the whole afternoon.

It was a large primary school and the headmaster used to read the daily school news out over a tannoy system which was channelled into every classroom. For weeks and weeks I lived in fear that my little accident was going to be broadcast over the tannoy to the whole school.

I too was 5 years old.

[craft1948]

schutz my abiding memory of infant school was the coal fire with a huge semi-circular railing around it - covered in drying, steaming green knickers!!

[LoftyLottie2]

I just read my post

" not sling them out the day day as the op' I need to be admitted to hospital again for thorough investigation!!!!

[rinkins]

We knew what you meant Lottie :-)

[LoftyLottie2]

He he craft!!! Did you have little pockets for your hanky in yours!! I had to wear a liberty bodice over my vest as well!!!

[horselady]

Oh god, those thick school knickers! Mine were navy, with the little pocket for my hanky!

[LoftyLottie2]

And we had to do PE in them and our vests! Whoever invented school knickers should have been shot!!

[craft1948]

oh lottie - yes we had thick bottle green knickers which you wore with a vest and a liberty bodice over the top, and it had rubber buttons so that they didn't smash when going through the mangle...

[LoftyLottie2]

Oh is that why the had rubber buttons craft. You have taught me something. I used to love helping my gran with the mangle!!

[craft1948]

yes I helped my gran - there was the 'dolly tub' a 'posser stick' a mangle, and another stick with legs on that she used to stir the clothes around with - and she used to put 'dollyblues' in the water.

[afcjan]

ohh good luck with dentist evedawn. I can also remember my mum letting me go even packing my suitcase for me.

Another memory is of my dad teaching me how to tie shoelaces. I had clarks school shoes always the same style but a different size every year along with a navy blue gaberdene rain coat. :-)

[lesblue]

I remember my dad taking me to the bank. He gave me a couple of coppers to spend in the sweet shop next door, then came out of the bank, jumped in the car and s0dded off home, leaving me in the shop. Soppy old sod. I was three.

[LoftyLottie2]

Ah, Clarks school shoes - black or brown lace ups in the winter with grey long socks and garters and brown sandals in the summer with white ankle socks. Red or Navy Sandals for best!! Always the same style - year in and year out.

[LoftyLottie2]

Oh lesblue, how sad, you must be scarred for life! Did he come back for you quite quickly?

[lesblue]

He came back as soon as Mum reminded him of his "oversight". I was in the shop for only about 5 minutes, but I remember it so vividly. He was in the doghouse a lot longer!!

[mrs_overall]

Lol!
That reminds me of the time I was made to take my youngest brother out for a walk.
Me & my mates went to the park, played for a couple of hours and then came home.
When mum asked where he was, i suddenly remembered I'd left him in his pushchair out of sight under a weeping willow tree.